Presentacin Evaluadores Externos 9042003

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LABOUR MARKET INSERTION OF THE GALICIAN
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM GRADUATES Luis Carlos Velón
Sixto Technician in Quality Management Mª
Carmen Fernández Montes - Technician in
Programmes (Labour market insertion
responsible) Agency for Quality Assurance in the
Galician University System (ACSUG) 24 September
2009
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INDEX OF CONTENTS

• ACSUG presentation
• Galician University System (SUG) . Main
  characteristics
• Studies on insertion in the labour market
• Why? What for?
• Studies on insertion in the labour market
  graduates
• Methodology
• General and specific objectives
• Most relevant results
• Studies on insertion in the labour market
  employers
• Methodology
• General and specific objectives
• Most relevant results

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ACSUG presentation (I)

• The Agency for Quality Assurance in the Galician
  University System (ACSUG) was legally established
  on 30 January 2001 as a consortium between the
  Regional Government of Galicia and the three
  Galician universities.

• ACSUG Mission
• The fundamental mission of the Agency for Quality
  Assurance in the Galician University System
  (ACSUG) is to contribute to improving the quality
  of the Galician University System (SUG). To do
  so, it takes actions in the area of drafting
  reports, evaluation, certification and
  accreditation for the activities conducted by
  Galician universities, especially related to
  teaching, research, knowledge transfer and
  management.

• ACSUG Vision
• ACSUG aims to be a point of reference in
  guaranteeing the quality of the SUG Higher
  Education institutions, recognised in Galicia,
  Spain and internationally for its independence,
  transparency and credibility.

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ACSUG presentation (II)

• Organizational Chart

Average growth in staff numbers
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ACSUG presentation (III)

• ACSUG main activities
• ? Activities related to adopting EHEA
  requirements
• ? Setting up internal quality assurance systems
  for degree programmes (FIDES and AUDIT
  programmes).
• ? Verification, follow-up and accreditation of
  officially recognised programmes (VERIFICA
  programme).
• ? University services evaluation.
• ? Assessment of teaching staff (DOCENTIA
  programme).
• ? Accreditation prior to teaching staff
  recruitment.
• ? Teaching staff complementary compensation.
• ? Labour market insertion analysis and surveys

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Galician University System (SUG) . Main
characteristics

• ? 3 Universities Santiago de Compostela (USC), A
  Coruña (UDC) and Vigo (UVI).

? 7 campuses UDC Campuses of A Coruña and
Ferrol USC Campuses of Santiago de Compostela
and Lugo UVI Campuses of Vigo, Ourense and
Pontevedra

? About 75000 students last academic year.

Degree courses offered in the Galician
University System (SUG) by branches of knowledge
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JUSTIFICATION

• Why ?
• The quality of higher education can be translated
  in terms of insertion in the labour market.
• To contribute towards improving the quality of
  training for graduates of the SUG.
• Responsibility of the universities in terms of
  the employability of their graduates.
• The design of the new study plans based on
  competences.

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JUSTIFICATION

• What for?
• To improve the quality of the university courses
  offered in the SUG.
• To provide a retrospective view of the graduates
  that makes it possible to detect the training and
  organisational needs of the institutions.
• To improve the quality of the insertion of SUG
  graduates into the workplace.
• To contribute towards improving the employability
  of future graduates.

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• STUDIES ON INSERTION IN THE LABOUR MARKET
  GRADUATES

• METHODOLOGY
• GENERAL AND SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
• MOST RELEVANT RESULTS
• Technical data from studies
• Percentage of SUG graduates who work
• Skills, knowledge and attitudes of the graduates
• Employment search routes
• Factors valued in hiring
• Utilidad de los conocimientos adquiridos en el
  título
• Necesidad de información sobre empleo en la
  universidad
• Satisfacción con los estudios realizados

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METHODOLOGY

• Selection of the population
• Request for data from the universities of the USG
• Stratified sampling
• Field work C.A.T.I system
• Debugging, analysis and review of results
• Production of reports recipients, publicity and
  dissemination.

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GENERAL OBJECTIVES

• Discovering the opinion of graduates from the
  different degree courses in the USG on their
  employment situation.
• Discovering the difficulties encountered in their
  incorporation into the job market.
• Describing the behaviour, attitudes and opinions
  of graduates.
• Contributing towards adapting the educational
  offer to the needs of the job market.
• Establishing a means of obtaining information for
  forecasting the future development of the
  university.

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SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

• Discovering the opinion of graduates on education
  and the university
• Studying the level of use and efficiency of the
  different means of finding employment
• Discovering the situation of the job market for
  different degrees
• Discovering the opinion of graduates on the
  strong and weak points of the faculty or school
  where they studied, as well as needs for
  additional training
• Discovering the situation of the job market for
  graduates from the USG and the features of
  working as professionals
• Discovering the level of satisfaction of
  graduates with their jobs, if they work, and how
  far these meet the expectations they had while
  studying.

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TECHNICAL DATA

• Population graduates in SUG in academic years
  2001-2003, 2003-2005 and 2005-2006

• Sample stratified, by degree course-campus
• Absolute maximum error 10 in each stratus
• Field work telephone survey

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RESULTS Percentage of SUG graduates who work
Analysis of results based on areas of knowledge
Health Sciences, Sciences, Engineering and
Architecture, Social and Legal Sciences I, Social
and Legal Sciences II, Social and Legal Sciences
III, Social and Legal Sciences IV, Arts and
Humanities I and Arts and Humanities II.
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RESULTS Skills, knowledge and attitudes

• competence is the ability to respond to demands
  and perform tasks in a suitable manner
• (according to the Organisation for Economic
  Cooperation and Development in the DESECO
  Definition and Selection of Competencies study,
  1998)?
• competence refers to the behaviour, skills,
  knowledge and attitudes which favour the correct
  performance of work and which the organisation is
  interested in developing or recognising in its
  collaborators with the aim of achieving the
  strategic goals of the company

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RESULTS Skills, knowledge and attitudes

• ..a dynamic combination of attributes - with
  respect to knowledge and its application, to the
  attitudes and responsibilities - which describe
  the results of learning a specific programme, or
  how the students will be capable of fending for
  themselves on the completion of the educational
  process
• (According to the TUNING project, 2003)?

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RESULTS Skills, knowledge and attitudes

• competences the abilities, attitudes and
  knowledge necessary to carry out working
  activities with the required levels of quality
  and efficacy in employment

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RESULTS Most valued skills, knowledge and
attitudes
Scale of evaluation 1 None to 5 Much
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RESULTS Least valued skills, knowledge and
attitudes
Scale of evaluation 1 None to 5 Much
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RESULTS Most valued skills, knowledge and
attitudes
Scale of evaluation 1 None to 5 Much (SUG
graduates 2005-2006)
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RESULTS Average of employment search routes
Scale of evaluation 1 None to 5 Much
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RESULTS Average of factors valued in hiring
Scale of evaluation 1 None to 5 Much
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RESULTS Use of knowledge acquired in the degree
Scale of evaluation 1 None to 5 Much
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STUDIES ON INSERTION IN THE JOB MARKET EMPLOYERS

• To offer a different perspective that of
  employers
• To provide information to universities on
  educational demands from employers
• To study which competences businesses demand in
  their employees
• Analysis of university education and its
  orientation towards the job market

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STUDIES ON INSERTION IN THE JOB MARKET EMPLOYERS

• METHODOLOGY
• GENERAL AND SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
• MOST RELEVANT RESULTS
• Skills, knowledge and attitudes of the graduates

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METHODOLOGY

• Selection of the population Galician SMEs, SABI
  database.
• Random stratified sample
• Fieldwork telephone and mail surveys
• Debugging, analysis and review of results
• Production of reports recipients, publicity and
  dissemination.

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OBJECTIVES

• To estimate the potential demand for graduates by
  Galician SMEs in the short term
• Specific objectives
• Finding out about the situation of Galician SMEs
  in relation to their university work
• Studying the future demand for graduates in the
  Autonomous Region
• Analysing the factors that contribute most
  towards the hiring of graduates education
  required and competences and abilities valued by
  employers

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RESULTS Most valued skills, knowledge and
attitudes
Scale of evaluation 1 None to 5 Much
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CONCLUSIONS graduates and employers

• Graduates and employers
• Knowledge is considered as the foundation over
  which a professional future can be constructed,
  and competences, considered as personal skills,
  abilities and attitudes, are essential elements
  for professional development.
• Skills, knowledge and attitudes most valued
• Problem solving ability
• Working in a team capacity
• Taking responsabilities
• Written and oral communication skills

• Graduates and employers
• The most valued competences by employers such as
  leadership skills and foreign language knowledge
  are those which are the least valued by graduates.

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INFORMATION SYSTEMS

• Dissemination of results
• Publications
• Regional press
• E-mail
• Mail
• Via website

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ACSUG CONTACT DETAILS

• Website
• http//www.acsug.es
• E-mail
• insercion.laboral_at_acsug.es
• luis.velon_at_acsug.es
• mari.montes_at_acsug.es

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